Books Events in Manchester

Check out happening books events all around Manchester, EN

Alice Cooper Devil on My Shoulder Book Tour

 Fri, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Opera House, Manchester

Meet Joe Abercrombie at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 07 May at 12:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 11

An Evening with Patricia Cornwell - Waterstones Deansgate

 Mon, 11 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

Ancient Futures with Fonda Lee, Soraya Bouazzaoui & A. S. Tamaki

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 5

An evening with Clint Boon - Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 27 Aug at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

LOVE STORIES etc FESTIVAL

 Fri, 17 Jul at 10:00 am Manchester Central Library GBP 25 to 35

'Malc's Boy'. Shaun Wilson in conversation with Tony Walsh.

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 4 to 15

Robin Ince book tour

 Mon, 11 May at 07:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 12 to 16

An Evening with Steve Mason - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 06 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Manchester Museum GBP 0 to 5

Literary Afternoon Tea: A Clockwork Orange

 Sat, 09 May at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 43

An Evening with Lucy Steeds at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 13

Meet Ben Miller at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

 Wed, 20 May at 01:00 pm Waterstones GBP 20

Celebrating Caroline Aherne with David Scott - Waterstones Deansgate

 Mon, 25 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

THE DISAPPEARING ACT: Maria Stepanova in conversation

 Wed, 13 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

HOW TO K*ll A LANGUAGE: Sophia Smith Galer in conversation

 Tue, 19 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Mon, 14 Sep at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

Kirsty Greenwood, Lucy Jane Wood & Laura Wood - Waterstones Manchester

 Mon, 08 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 6

An Evening with Shannon Chakraborty - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

An Evening with Katherine Arden - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

MINOR BLACK FIGURES: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Simon Savidge

 Wed, 24 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 19

Manchester Must Dance - Mike Pickering & Kevin Cummins

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

The Nerve presents Dave Eggers in conversation: Contrapposto

 Thu, 02 Jul at 07:00 pm International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 12

MUSIC Q&A: ‘IT’S TIME THE TALE WERE TOLD: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE SMITHS’

 Thu, 25 Jun at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Anxiety in the Modern World with Joshua Fletcher - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 13 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

THE KNIGHT WATCH: Thomas D. Lee in conversation

 Fri, 03 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 5 to 22

Manchester Comic & Sci-Fi Fair

 Sat, 02 May at 11:00 am Sachas Hotel, Tib Street, Piccadilly, Manchester M4 1SH

Manchester In-Person Book Choice: Letting Go by David Hawkins

 Thu, 14 May at 10:00 am Waterstones Free

RETOLD: Kat Dunn and Elle Machray in conversation

 Wed, 03 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 32

TBR BOOK FESTIVAL

 Sat, 12 Sep at 11:00 am Band on the Wall GBP 12

One City, Many Stories

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Haunted Book Club Live: The Old Nurse's Tale

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm The Portico Library GBP 12 to 17

Online Talk: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell- A Friendship

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

One Year Anniversary Celebration: 1838 Collective

 Wed, 29 Apr at 05:30 pm SEESAW Free

Remembering the past, fighting for the future

 Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm People's History Museum Free

LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT: Lauren J. Joseph in conversation

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Dining with Jane Austen

 Sat, 23 May at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 31

Everything & Nothing: Curator's Tour

 Sat, 09 May at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

The Poetry of Suicide: J.T. Welsch in conversation with Nikolai Duffy

 Thu, 21 May at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

The Spanish Civil War at 90 – collections & conversations

 Sat, 11 Jul at 11:00 am People's History Museum GBP 0 to 11

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 22

NEW BOOK LAUNCH! MANCHESTER CENTRAL LIBRARY -45 min performance from book & Q&A - FREE

Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library

HOW NOT TO SAVE THE WORLD: Anthea Lawson in conversation

 Wed, 10 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

Music Q&A: 'Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love: A People's History'

 Thu, 30 Apr at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Like the Night Launch

 Sun, 17 May at 02:30 am International Anthony Burgess Foundation

Sláine: The Horned God (Manchester)

 Wed, 06 May at 07:30 pm Lock 91 GBP 5 to 13

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

SONG CHAT Manchester

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Whitworth Locke, Civic Quarter Free

Grief Talk Manchester: An Epic Grief Journey with Author & Personal Coach, Alan Creedon

 Sun, 03 May at 01:00 pm The Monastery Manchester

Online Talk: ‘I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free’ – Emily and Anne Brontë

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

The Compound by Aisling Rawle Book Club

 Sun, 10 May at 03:00 pm HOME Manchester Free

Contemporary Gothic Reading Group 1: Natural Beauty

 Tue, 05 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

Graham Caveney: In Conversation (with Will Rees)

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Palette Perspectives Book Club (April)

 Thu, 30 Apr at 07:30 pm Whitworth Locke, Civic Quarter GBP 6

Manchester Central Library Board Games Café

 Wed, 01 Apr at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

An Evening with John Patrick McHugh at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 19 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

SOLACE HOUSE: Will Maclean in conversation

 Tue, 12 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

Hot Banana Book Event with Abi Roberts & Jonny Woodrow

 Sat, 23 May at 06:00 pm Britons Protection GBP 12

Goyle, Chert, Mire Book Launch with Jean Sprackland

 Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Spring Clean Book Swap with Apiary Book Club

 Sun, 17 May at 03:00 pm HOME Manchester Free

NEW YORK: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY - J. Michelle Coghlan in conversation

 Fri, 12 Jun at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

IN TRANSLATION: Miha Mazzini and Celia Hawkesworth in conversation

 Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 14

Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 am International Anthony Burgess Foundation GBP 9 to 27

Talk and Signing with Mitch Hutchcraft at Waterstones Manchester Arndale

 Fri, 08 May at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 5 to 25

SHARED READING in association with The Reader - Human Natures

 Tue, 19 May at 12:00 pm The Manchester Museum Free

Book launch : Textual Actants (Infrastructure) w/ readings and discussion

 Wed, 20 May at 04:00 pm Grosvenor East Building, Manchester Metropolitan University Free

Storytelling: Los sueños de Ilán

 Sat, 13 Jun at 12:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Everything & Nothing: Curator's Tour

 Mon, 06 Jul at 03:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

A Jane Austen Literary Salon & Afternoon Tea

 Sat, 25 Jul at 03:00 pm West Didsbury Metrolink (Stop A) GBP 44

A Tiny Speck Of Black And Then Nothing: Emily Midorikawa in conversation

 Thu, 23 Jul at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

Slow Reading: Robert Browning in Italy

 Wed, 03 Jun at 04:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

When Politics Meets Markets in China

 Tue, 26 May at 12:30 pm Manchester China Institute Free

Manchester Socialist Feminist Book Club: The New Age of Sexism

 Sun, 03 May at 02:30 pm The Gallery Café Free

Jot: Pop Up Bookshop

 Sun, 22 Mar Station South Free

Slow Reading: de Stael's Corinne or Italy

 Wed, 08 Jul at 04:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

Slow Reading: Charles Dickens' Pictures from Italy

 Wed, 20 May at 04:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 6

THE ZINE CLUB

 Fri, 20 Feb at 12:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Identity Global Majority Writers Group

 Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm Manchester Poetry Library Free

READING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

AFRILIT BOOK CLUB - Your local African literature book club

 Wed, 19 Feb at 06:30 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

THE MYTHIC NEXUS

 Wed, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free